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Pissed At Packets

Robert Irvine

It’s Friday!  We’ve made it to the end of yet another snowy week so let’s turn to food.  One of the sillier (in my opinion) shows on The Food Network is Dinner Impossible.  It’s a race against the clock to shop for, cook, and serve a dinner under “impossible” time or other constraints.  If it’s so impossible, how come they do it every episode?!?!?

In any event, this week I stumbled upon it (something else must have been in commercial) just as they were shopping.  Part of the silliness is the inclusion of inexperienced or amateur cooks to help.  One ingredient the chef desired was grits and they only had the instant kind at the market.  The chef had sent an amateur to do the shopping, who called him to approve their purchase (which he did) and they moved on to cooking.  That’s when we got the business reminder! Continue reading

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Kodachrome

NEW YORK - JUNE 22:  A saleswoman holds a box ...

I’ve got the Paul Simon song “Kodachrome” floating around my head this morning. I’m not exactly sure why although I’ve had a fondness for it since it was released. It starts with the line “When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all” and I was a senior in high school at that time so there was a natural affinity I guess.
The song got me thinking about Kodachrome itself, which was the film of choice for serious photographers for many years. Of course, it’s gone now – Kodak stopped making it in 2009 – but the lesson it teaches goes on. Continue reading

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Learning Business From the Football Coach

Athletics logo for the University of Michigan

They introduced the new football coach at the University of Michigan yesterday.  His name is Brady Hoke and he seems like a cross between Bo (and if you have to ask who that is, you need college football 101) and Chris Farley.  Based on the fact that he said he would have walked from San Diego to take the job and his history with the team, I think the Wolverines are headed back to glory.

During the news conference, Coach Hoke made an excellent business point even though I know that wasn’t his intention and I want to pass it on for your input. Continue reading

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